Buchanan County, MO

Headnote

BUCHANAN COUNTY, situated on the westerly boundary of Missouri on the east side of Missouri river. Area, 800 square miles. Seat of justice, Sparta. Pop. in 1840, 6,237 ; in 1850, 12,975. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Missouri

Buchanan County, Missouri (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
BUCHANAN COUNTY, situated on the westerly boundary of Missouri on the east side of Missouri river. Area, 800 square miles. Seat of justice, Sparta. Pop. in 1840, 6,237 ; in 1850, 12,975.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 55.
Date Type
Southern saboteurs cause the wreck of a civilian express train in Missouri, killing twenty Crime/Disasters
Name Type
St. Joseph, MO City or Town
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